Mangalore: A gas cylinder caught fire today at Hindustan Auto Works, Kodakkal near Kannur.The workers were said to be busy with some welding work while this incident took place.
Since the cylinder was a company made hence no blast occured, but the fire blazed for a long time despite efforts by the workers to extinguish it.The Kadri police and the frie brigade both had been, but both were late . Kadri police arrived at the spot 20 minutes late and the frie brigade was late by 40 minutes.
Finally it was the workers had sprayed water and managed to bring the fire under control.